There was a meetup in Omaha yesterday at a sushi place. The chef did a complete vegan menu with all sort of awesome creative rolls. Candied peanuts, tofu skins, sweet potato tempura, avocado, pickled radish, mangoes... so many rolls! And then he brought us gigantic boats of tempura on the house!

Here are some pics.

luckyklutz and her moms and their sushi.

Vegetable pancake! I can't even begin to dissect this, it was amazing.

Lots of sushi! The chef even took our Veganaisse and made the mayo sauces for specialty rolls.

All the sushi (except for the one roll with vegenaise) rolls are on the regular menu! It's just the best, but now I want them to put that pancake on the menu.

Chef Aloumi said to tell him which items you wanted to see on the regular menu, so next time you go request it!

That roll with the vegenaise lit my mouth on fire anyways, so I'm okay with it not being on the regular menu. Stupid palate of mine. I'm excited that Chef Aloumi is open to more vegan items! I'm requesting the miso soup be vegan, always.

I was actually born in Omaha, and I heard a couple of years ago about the city's creative scenes really starting to boom. Which really surprised me, because... Omaha?

Turns out it's true, though. They have a really cool arts community now, and it's cool to see that the vegan community is being fostered, as well. The boyfriend and I road trip there occasionally, so I'll have to make sure to stop by for vegan sushi next time I'm in town! The sweet potato tempura sounds like fried heaven.

my mom lives in omaha and so I will be spending thanksgiving up there.

she will be making the usual turkey feast.

is there a good place in omaha to get a nice hot vegan meal that may be open on thanksgiving??

If not, is there a place or dish that I just HAVE to try while I'm in town??

I don't know if it's opened on Tgiving, but definitely go to McFosters and get anything with the cucumber ranch dressing and anything with tempeh. And the bahn mi at Daily Grub is the best bahn mi in the world!

my mom lives in omaha and so I will be spending thanksgiving up there.

she will be making the usual turkey feast.

is there a good place in omaha to get a nice hot vegan meal that may be open on thanksgiving??

If not, is there a place or dish that I just HAVE to try while I'm in town??

I don't know if it's opened on Tgiving, but definitely go to McFosters and get anything with the cucumber ranch dressing and anything with tempeh. And the bahn mi at Daily Grub is the best bahn mi in the world!

awesome!!!! maybe ill have to check ALL of that out. i love getting some good food in other cities, it feels so exciting and new